Hat construction



June 4, 1935. R. K. REYNOLDS HAT CONSTRUCTION Filed Aug. 13, 1931 Q INVENTOR BY A TTORNEYS Patented June 4, 1935 UNITED STATES -HAT CONSTRUCTION Ralph K. Reynolds, Danbury, Conn, assignor to The Mallory Hat Company, Danbury, Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application August 13, 1931, Serial No. 556,726

8 Claims.

above character which will be of ready and economical manufacture. Another object of this invention is to provide a hat construction of the above character which will effectively tend to prevent the leakage of moisture from the interior of a hat to the exterior thereof. Another object is to provide a hat construction of the above character in which waterproof material or like barrier to the passage of moisture may be securely and effectively held in place, particularly between the sweatband and body of a hat. Another object of this invention is to provide a hat construction of the above character in which the sweatband and a waterproof material or barrier may be secured and held in place in a reliable manner. Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangements of parts as will be exemplified in the structure to be hereinafter described, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing in which is shown one of the various possible embodiments of my invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat in inverted position embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a cross-section of a portion of a hat body showing the construction of one of the various possible embodiments of my invention.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Referring now to Figure 1, there is shown, preferably, a felt hat generally indicated at H], having a brim H and a body or crown 12. Within body I2 substantially near the base thereof and following the periphery thereof in a manner to be described hereinafter, is a sweatband l3 of any suitable character, such as leather, and a piece of waterproof material l4 lying between sweatband l3 and the interior of body l2. Thus it will be seen that any moisture as, for example, perspiration, from the head of the wearer which comes in contact with sweatband l3 may be prevented from passing to the hat body by waterproof material I4 unless such leakage should develop at the point of connection between sweatband l3 and material 14. Means for overcoming this difficulty in a successful manner will be described hereinafter.

Turning to Figure 2, a strip of reed cloth '24 is folded'back upon itself to form two registering flanges 25 and 26. Reed cloth '24 in this folded position rests substantially at the base of hat body [2 and extends thereabout to be connected at its abutting ends (not shown) in any convenient manner. Thus the bottom 21 of reed cloth '24 lies in substantial registry with the bottom of body [2 and partially upon brim II. In other words, cloth 24 extends about the under side of junction 28 between body l2 and brim I l. Lying between flanges 25 and 26 of cloth 24 is a. band of waterproof oil silk 29 in substantial engagement with the interior of body 12 and extending thereabout. The bottom of strip 29 preferably extends to the base of the fold forming flanges 25 and 26 of cloth 24.

To secure silk strip 29 and reed cloth 24 to bat body l2 in the position described above, there is provided a line of stitches 39 extending through flanges 25 and 25 of cloth 24, silk strip 29, and thence into body l2 substantially at the base of corner 28, these stitches, however, preferably not 25 extending through the material from which the hat is made as shown in Figure 2. For the reason that stitches 39 pass through two thicknesses of reed cloth 24 and one thickness of silk 29, a steadfast connection between these parts and. body 30 I2 is assured.

sweatband I3- extends about the. interior of body l2 in a manner substantially similar to that described above and the bottom edge thereof is positioned substantially above the top of line of stitches 30. sweatband l3 accordingly is in substantial registry with silk strip 29, preferably extends thereabove, and is in engagement with flange 26 of reed cloth 24. A line of stitches 3! extends through sweatband I3, flanges 25 and 26 of reed cloth 24 and silk strip 29. Inasmuch as stitches 3! preferably extend about the bottom edge of sweatband I3 before passing into cloth 24 and silk strip 29, it becomes'clear that this line of stitches lies substantially above line of stitches 30. Also line of stitches, 30, lies substantially in the plane of hat body, l2, and thus to the exterior of, or laterally spaced from, stitches 3|. Stitches 3| pass through three thicknesses of material, namely, flanges 25 and 26 and silk strip 29, thus assuring a firm connection between the sweatband and these two materials. Furthermore, it will be seen that both lines of stitches 30 and 3| pass through silk strip 29 and flanges 5 25 and 26 to hold this material firmly in its original position. As stitches 3| do not extend into the hat body and these stitches, as pointed out above, are exposed to perspiration from the head of the wearer, substantially no perspiration can be transferred to the exterior of the body of the hat. Stitches 30 which are in contact with the hat are sufiiciently spaced from the head of the wearer to avoid all contact with such perspiration. Besides providing an adequate means for securing'a sweatband to a hat body and removing all stitches which come in contact with perspiration from intimate contact with the hat body, there is also provided a practical manner for securing a waterproof material between the sweatband and the hat body. Thus any leakage of perspiration through the sweatband is prevented from reaching the exterior of the hat body by this strip of waterproof material lying above the points of connection therebetween.

It will thus be seen that by the embodiment of my invention above described, a thoroughly practical and efficient device is provided in which the several objects herein referred to as well as many others are successfully achieved.

As many possible embodiments may be made of the above invention and as many changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter hereinbefore set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. In hat construction, in combination, means forming a hat body, a folded strip of reed cloth extending about the interior of said hat body and substantially near the base thereof, a piece of waterproof silk partially enfolded by said reed cloth and extending about said hat body, stitches securing both said reed cloth and said silk to said hat body, and means for securing a sweatband to said reed cloth and said silk above said stitches.

2. In hat construction, in combination, means forming a hat body, a strip of reed cloth extending about the interior of said hat body and substantially near the base thereof, a piece of waterproof silk partially in engagement with said reed cloth and extending about said hat body, a line of stitches securing said reed cloth and said silk to said hat body substantially near the base thereof, a sweatband, and a second line of stitches securing said sweatband to said silk and said reed cloth, said second-mentioned line of stitches being above said first-mentioned line of stitches.

3. In hat construction, in combination, means forming a hat body, a strip of reed cloth folded into two thicknesses lying adjacent one another, said strip extending about the interior of said hat body substantially near the base thereof, a thickness of oil silk located between said thicknesses of said reed cloth, means passing through said reed cloth and said silk to secure them to said hat body, a sweatband, and means forsecuring said sweatband to said silk and said reed cloth.

4. In hat construction, in combination, means forming a hat body, a piece of material folded over to form a double thickness and extending about the interior of said hat body substantially near the base thereof, a piece of waterproof material lying between the thicknesses of said first piece of material and extending thereabove to encircle the interior of said hat body, a sweatband, means extending through the folds of said first-mentioned material and said waterproof material for securing said materials to said hat body, and means for securing said sweatband to said materials above said first-mentioned means.

5. In hat construction, in combination, means forming a hat body, a piece of material folded over to form a double thickness and extending about the interior of said hat body substantially near the base thereof, a piece of waterproof material lying between the thicknesses of said first piece of material and extending thereabove to encircle the interior of said hat body, a sweatband, a line of stitches passing through both of said materials and into said hat body substantially near the base thereof, and a second line of stitches above said first line of stitches passing through the lower portion of said sweatband and into said materials.

6. In hat construction, in combination, means forming a hat body, a strip of reed cloth folded upon itself to form a double thickness extending about the interior of said hat body substantially near the base thereof, a strip of Waterproof silk lying between the thicknesses of said reed cloth and extending thereabove to encircle the interior of said hat body, a sweatband encircling the interior of said hat body substantially adjacent said silk, a line of stitches passing through both thicknesses of said reed cloth and said silk and into said hat body to secure both of said materials thereto, and a line of stitches above said firstmentioned line of stitches passing through the lower portion of said sweatband and through both thicknesses of said reed cloth and said silk to secure said sweatband to said silk and said reed cloth.

7. In hat construction, in combination, means forming a hat body, a strip of material folded back upon itself to form a double thickness and extending about the interior of said hat body, a strip of textile material disposed between said double thicknesses and extending substantially to the base thereof, said textile strip extending above said first-mentioned strip toward the top of said hat body, a line of stitches extending through both of said strips and into said hat body substantially near the junction of the crown and brim of said hat body, a sweatband extending about the interior of said hat body the lower edge of which is spaced from said line of stitches, and a second line of stitches connecting said sweatband to one of said strips whereby said textile strip is disposed between said sweatband and said hat body- 8. In hat construction, in combination, means forming a hat body, a strip of material folded to form a double thickness and extending about said hat body substantially near the base thereof, a piece of waterproof material located between the thicknesses of said strip and extending thereabove to encircle said hat body, a sweatband, means securing said sweatband, said piece and said strip together, and stitches extending through both thicknesses of said strip and said piece and into said hat body spaced below said last-mentioned means.

RALPH K. REYNOLDS. 

